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' jN. 341,072, Patenf'd' Ang. 1o, 1886.

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ladl'fn'l'tled` Aug.`10, 1886.

UNITED STATES GEORGE SPENCER, OF THREE RIVERS, MICHIGAN.

PATENT @Finca MAGAZINE FIREARM.,

SPEQIEY'ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No` 347.0512, datedAugustlO, 1886.

Application tiled November 24, IESS.

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Be it known that. I, (ti-muoia N. SruNcIaR, a citizen of thc UnitedStates, residing at Three Rivers, county ot'ht. Joseph, State ot'Michigan, have invented a ni-w and useful Magazine FiIeArni, ot' whichthe tollowing is a speci -icatiou.

This invention has for its objectcertaiu iinprovenients in this classot' fire-arms, important features being the manner of loading the gunand otdischargi ngthcempty shells through a side exit. in thebreeclrchamber.

1n thedraavings, t'orming apartI ot'this speci fication, liignrc t is aside elevation, parts being broltcn away; Fig. 2, top view ot`1 `ig. l.;Fig. 3,1m cular-god dctail inclcvation ret'errcd to by like lcttrrs;Fig. t, a section on line lk 1 in Fig. 55 Fig. parts in Fig. 2,enlarged.

Fig t. show: tno opposa?, ,Ziria otliigv "t, 'mt cartridge-caso ormagazine rcmoyed, llig. 7, au enlarged top View ot' the lever in Figs. land 6, used to extracty the barrel from the breech', hereinafterdcscribcd; Fig. S, a sidc View ot' shell-extractor with the slidingbreech-block in vertical section; Fig. t), a side elevation ot'gun-barrcls; and VFifi'. il() is a section, enlarged, on the liuc 2 2 inFig. t3.

lhe lircarm hcro shown is illustrated willi double bari-cl l, ritlc, andshot-gun, and Sonic of thc improrcmcnts pertain thereto; but so far asthe plan ot' loading the cartridges and freeing the broochchamber of theexploded Shells is conccrncd the barrel may be double or single.

'lhc magazinc ll is inserted in the brccchchamber t'rom thc lowcr sido,Said magazine boing opcn at. thc nppcrsidc. The cartridges arc ticrcd inthc magazino, andare t'orccd upward by thc spring .v pressing upward onthe movable bridge 1f, lfig. l;

(l (I are elbowlcvcrs, pirolcd on thc sides ot' the cart ridge-caso ormagaf/.ine F. at or near the turn ot.' tho elbow, Figs. .t and 3. To theupper end ot' thc uprightI arms of the levers U archinged wings r l, thepart rot the wings extending through a Islot. in t-hc walls ot' theluagaxinc, Fig. .'i, and cxtcnding onto thc cartridgcs n. to hold ilu-.mdown against. being thrown ont otthc maga/,inc when notl in usc by thcupward pri nrc ot'thc spring a. .lhe part t ofthe wings, whcn the latterarc :iw ung so as to discngago the cartridges, Fig. 2, catch fieri-.ilNo. 181935. t.\'o niulel.)

on shoulders or .shelves in the Sido walls ot't'hc brcecli-chambcr, andthus loch thi.l magazine in said cha-miner.' 'lhcsc wings are operatedby Carrying the. horizont-.d portion ot' the levers (l up and down. lnFig. l said levers have hccn swung down\\':nd,.\\'hich act ion, by thecontact ot' the parts r ot' thc wings with the Side ot' the slots in themag '/,inc through which they1 pass, throws the wings to position Shownin Fig. L?, thus releasing the cartridges and looking thc magazine tothogun, asabovc explained. A pivotod sprliig-actuated lever.

f, Fig. ."i, is connected with thc lcvcrs tl t) and adapted to catchundor lug r,','l `ig. l, to hohl the lovers t) in thcir tiltcd position.'lhc lugs .sf receive tho Icvcrs (l whcn in position to hold cartridgcsdown, Fig. 5. lhe llig c limits thc upward insertion ot' the magazineVi'iiii tite Tiri-ccb-cbanii'ni beyond l'i-v prpi" point. A t'orhcdspring, o, is sccurcd to thc upper wall ot' thc brccchchanihcr,.and theforward end bears with a yielding rcsistauce down on tht` t'orward cudot` thc cartridgc, so that it will bc raiscdjust-lligh enough underpressure upward ot` thc spring s to rntcr thc bai-rol ofthe gun, Figs.l, L, ti. lu thc latter ligure a stop, l1, is shown pirotcd to thc wallot' the brooch-chaudicr. a podal connrcting with the pivotal axis ol'thc sto-p on thc outside ot'the gun atI u, ltigs. l. and ti, by which toadjust thc stop /i in actua-lauro wgith thesize ot'tho cartridges uscd,and thus to limit thc downward prcssurc otthe spring r that 1s,

as .nljnsttal in liig. ti thc spring -r bcarsontheside ot` thc stop whcnusingl ritlc cartridge but by adjusting as indicatcd by dottcd4 lincsotthcsc parts in said liig. t3 thc spring rcsts on thc cud ot'thcstop/i, thus bcinghcld higher up, and this adjustment would bc tu,shots cartridges, wint-n ot course are largcr than those used t'orritlc-barrcl. in liig. lt) thc upper barrel i is thc rtlc and the lowcrbarrel l thc shotgun.

.lievcrs o' l" arc pivotcd to tbc brccch on cach sido, and arc provdcdwith cams u', Fig. 7,

adapted to engage with thc cam lugs .1' ot' the barrcls l to I'orcc tlnmout ot' thc sochcts of thc brccch whcn drsiring to rcrcrsc thc bar rclsby turning thcm owrso as to bring whicl1- ever bari-cl is desircd tu bcused uppermost. lhc back end of thc cartridge is hcld down until readyto be forced in thc bari-cl by the IOC bow i were, which is pivoted in arecess in the wall ot the breech-chamber, Figs. land 2. l

In the operation, when the breech-block D is carried forward, it comesin contact with the with the rear end of the lever c, throwing' thefot-ward end over the next cartridge forced upward by the spring s. Y y

""The mode 'of operating the sliding breechv block D and of firing thecartridge by the fil'.a ing-piu t' are well understood from 'priorillustrations of the art without giving detailshere. In Figs.` 2 and il,b shows the 'channel-recess in which the rear end of the lever c plays.

By referring to Figs4 1 and 2 it will be Sceii that the breech chamberhas an opening through the wall of said chamber' ou one side for theexit of the shell t laterally out of said chamber after firing, anddrawing the shell from the barrel back into the chamber. Ihe shell isthus thrown out by the forward end of the lever C contacting with theshell a when the sliding brecelrblock l) is drawn Ibach'. Thus the'leverC performs a double function. A suitable shell-extractor draws the shella from the barrel during the backward movement ofthe breech-block 1),and, so fa'r as throwing the shell out of the side opening in thebreech-chamber is concerned, any well- .known shellextraetor may beemployed; but

in Fig. S I have shown a. shell extraetor adapted for adjustment toextract shells of diii'erent sizes. It consists of two elastic barspivoted on the top and bottom sides of the sliding breech-block. Thefree ends of vthese bars are provided with hooks k, for catching overthe flange at the rear end of the shell a. The bars are provided betweentheir free or pivoted ends with threaded holes, in which the threadedends of bolto u are inserted. A lever, e,eonnects with thcend of thebolt to turn it by, and thus sep-.trates t-he 'bars far ther or drawsthem nearer each other. The lever C forces the end ofthe shell laterallyout of the hooks when throwing the shell out of In Figs. il and 2, n' isthe ha pin which the hannnei' strikes; as in other guns, all understoodby prior construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. Thecombination of the breech-chamber having a side exit for the emptyshell, a bowed lever pivoted at the center to the wall nner of the4 gun,and i, in Figs. tand S, is the tiring-- of the breech-chamber inposition to be tilted kon its pivot by the sliding breech-block, and

an opeirtop magazine having a spring-aetuated bottom to press up on thecartridges, whereby the lever holds down the upper'carside of theln'eeclrehamber, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the Ybreech-chamber having a bottom opening toreceive the magazine, audhaving a side opening i'or the exit oi' theexploded cartridge-shell, a maga zine open at the top and having asecondary movable spring-actuated bottoni, levers for holding thecartridges down in the magazine before the latter is inserted in thebreechchamber, and adapted vl'orv releasing th eartridges after themagazine is inserted mgsziid chamber a spring in the upper sideyotthebrecch-ehamber for pressing von the forward tridge and throws the emptyshell out of the i end of the upper cartridge, and a pivoted leveractuated by the sliding breech-block and adapted to hold the rear end ofthe upper cartridge down and to throw the exploded sllell out of theside opening in the breeclrchamber, .substantially as set fort-h.

3. The combination of the double reversible barrels, a magazine having aloose seeondary spriugactuated bottom, armagazinechamber provided withthe spring for engaging'or bearing upon the forward end of thecartridges, and adjustable stop for control ling the pressure of saidspring in accordance with the size ot' cartridge used, substantially asset forth.

4. The combination of the double reversible barrels provided withcamdngs on the sides-of their shouldered or tenoued lvends, andcam-lever pivotcd to the sides the breech and adapted to force thetenoued ends of vthe barrel out by contact with the cam-lugs, 'slib-fstantially as set forth.

5. In a. firearm provided with a double i .CS

barrel for both ritle and shot cartridges, a shell'extra'ctor adaptedfor adjusting to the different sizes of cartridges, consisting ofvelastic hook-bars pivoted to opposite sides of the slidingbree'cl1-bloek,and having threaded holes between the hook aud pivotedend, and abolt having threaded ends in said holes of the bars, and alever for turning saidvbolt to adjust the hook bars, substantially asset forth. ,y

In testimonyI of the foregoing I have hereunto Subscrbed my name inpresence of two witnesses. i

l GEORGE-N. srnnomt. \V.itu,esses':

E. C. SoU'riIARD, C. E. I loUGH'roN.

